Schedule
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WEdNEsdAy, ApRil 12, 2000
Sports
BASEBALL: Saturday at Lane, I p.m.
SOFTBALL: Thursday vs. MHCC,
@ Delta Park p.m.
TRACK: Saturday, Mt. Hood Dual
Sophomore first baseman Kirsten Richards charges towards home plate as a Southwestern Oregon
batter looks to bunt the ball. Richards and the Cougars went 8-1 last week and are in second place in
the Southwestern region standings.
Same old song and dance
Fiskum. "She's an excellent
pitcher
and it's unfortunate."
Editor-in-Chief
When Needham initially went
The #3-ranked Cougar softball down on Friday, Fiskum looked
team had the day off on Mon to Melanie Warthen to fill the
hole in game two. Warthen had
day.
just
pitched a two-hitter in the
Most of the team took the time
to watch the best softball team first game of the afternoon. She
in the nation play as they pitched five innings to earn the
watched the #1 Washington save.
On Saturday, Melissa Borde
Huskies defeated the Portland
pitched in Needham's spot and
State Vikings, 6-0 and 8-3.
Yesterday, it was back to work while she didn't get much sup
port in the field, Fiskum believes
for the steady Cougars.
she pitched an
Clackamas,
excellent
game.
which sits be
"We lost the
hind top-ranked
Any time you can
game 6-3," noted
Lower Columbia
Fiskum,
"but
go
7-1
in
one
in the South
Melissa pitched
western Divi
week, you have to
6+ innings and
sion standings
be pretty happy.
only gave up
with a 12-2
two earned runs.
league record
Paul Fiskum
The other four
and a 15-3 over
Head Coach
runs were a re
all mark, went 7-
sult of fielding
1 last week.
errors. She did a
It remains un
great job."
beaten at home
On Sunday, with the Cougars
this spring.
"Any time you can go 7-1 in leading Green River 8-0 after the
one week," noted Head Coach first inning, Fiskum relieved
Paul Fiskum. "you have to be Warthen to allow Borde more ex
perience on the mound. She
pretty happy."
In the past eight games, pitched four shutout innings.
"Yesterday, I told the girls that
Fiskum's Cougars outscored op
we found our third pitcher," said
ponents 73-27.
The victories, however, may Fiskum. "This isn't just some out
have come at a high price. In the fielder that's coming in to fill in
second inning of the second half for Darby. She's a legitimate
of a double header against threat for us and we need to play
Centralia last Friday, the Cougars with confidence when she's
#2 pitcher Darby Needham throwing."
While the question of pitching
strained a hip flexor. When the
injury was thought to be healed, was answered over the weekend,
she was slated to pitch against the hitting remained steady as
Green River on Sunday. She three home runs were let loose
didn't make it past the pre-game over the past week.
Sue Johnson led the hit parade
warmups—again straining the
with two deep shots while
muscle.
"We're not sure how long Vanessa Applegate joined the
Darby is going to be out," said party with a left field blast on
JOHN THORBURN
Friday afternoon.
According to Fiskum, eight
players on the Cougar roster are
hitting above .300.
The
week
started off with 12-
7 and 6-5 wins
over Southwest
ern Oregon Com
munity College
last Wednesday.
With 12-0 and 8-
2
wins
over
Centralia, the Cou
gars improved
their home record
to a perfect 8-0.
On the road on
Saturday,
Clackamas split
with South Puget
Sound 8-6 and 3-6.
The victory came
after a seventh-in
ning comeback by the host team
as it tied the game at 6-6 in its
final at bat. Clackamas scored
two runs in the top of the eighth
to win.
On Sunday, the Cougars un
loaded on the Green River Gators
9-0 and 15-1 to close out the
week.
After Monday's break, the
Cougars prepared to take on 19
different teams in the annual
NWAACC Crossover Tourna
ment.
The mid-season tournament,
held at Delta Park in Portland, will
showcase many of last year's
championship tournament teams
as well as other Northwest mem
ber schools.
The Cougars are slated to face
the winner of the Green River vs.
Bellevue matchup.
Clackamas will face that win
ner at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The championship game is
scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday.
JOHN THORBURN I Clackamas Print
[Above] Sophomore Melanie
Warthen fires the ball to freshman
Julia Driggers, catcher, for a strike
against SWOCC.
[Left] Sophomore Jessica
Farnsworth trots back to third base
after threatening to steal home.
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